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Andrew Gallagher, PresidentWalla Walla Choral Society

Welcome to a fun-filled afternoon of song, dance and a multimedia slide presentation. We are per-forming folk songs from around the world with some sung in their origi-nal languages, including Spanish, French, Russian, Zambian and In-donesian. From an anthropological perspective, we should remember that folk songs are written and sung by ordinary “folks” in many different cultures around the world. These songs are often hundreds of years old, sung by farmers, ranchers, and fishermen. Although not every cul-ture has iPhones or cheeseburgers, every culture has its own traditional songs and dances.

There are several common themes of these folk songs. One theme is the relationship between ordinary people and their environment. The Russian song “Kalinka” is about the snowball or juniper tree, the na-tional symbol of the Ukraine, while the song “Sakura” describes the beautiful cherry blossoms in Japan. The tune “Ahrirang” celebrates the beautiful hills around Seoul, South Korea.

Raising children is another com-mon theme. Included in our songs today are the Brazilian song “Tutu Maramba” describing a sleeping child and the Indonesian song “Suli-ram,” which, although translated into English as a lullaby, actually

describes the hopes and dreams of a mother for her newborn child.

“Bonse Aba” is a Christian song of celebration exclaiming that all who sing it are children of God. The classic Israeli folk song “Hava Nagila” is a dance celebration of the joy in life.

Love songs also make an appear-ance today. While the Mexican song “De Amor Heridos” warns the listener of the dangers of being hurt after falling in love, the classic Eng-lish song “Greensleeves” describes the sorrow of unrequited love, and the Filipino “Leron Leron My Dear” describes a love affair cut short. The Norwegian sailing song “Who Can Sail?” describes the impor-tance of friendship.

In addition to these wonderful songs, we are also showcasing the talents of four local dance troupes: Irish, Mexican, Armenian and German. We also have a narrated slide show to give you a visual tour around the world. We close our concert with a brand-new song about our own town of Walla Walla written by our multi-talented accom-panist, Kristin Vining. In these times of international conflicts in the news, we hope that our “Bon Voyage” tour will remind you of the similarities of people all over the world. Thank you for supporting the Walla Walla Choral Society!

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dr. Janis re-ceived her Doc-torate in voice performance and Master’s in vocal pedagogy from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. While completing

her graduate degrees Dr. Janis sang professionally with the Columbus Light Opera, Opera/Columbus and the Can-tari Singers. She also performed with the OSU Opera Theater in such roles as Adele in “Die Fledermaus”, Giannetta in “L’Elisir d’Amoré”, and Margot in “The Desert Song.”

In 1990 Dr. Janis was awarded a scholarship to attend The American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. A review of her performance in a Schumann Liederabend called her singing “sensitive and warmly con-veyed.” At the Spoleto Festival in 1985 she sang in the American premiere of Handel’s opera “Ariodante” which was nationally broadcast on NPR. As an undergraduate at Westminster Choir College Dr. Janis was a member of the Westminster Choir and had the privi-lege to sing under Kurt Mazur, James Levine, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Shaw and Riccardo Muti, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. Since coming to the Walla Walla valley in August of 1994

Dr. Janis has been active as a solo per-former. She has been heard in recital and as soloist with the Walla Walla Sym-phony, the Walla Walla College Choir, the Whitman Chorale, the Walla Walla Mastersingers, and the Mid-Columbia Symphony. Dr. Janis is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Kappa Phi, and is past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Dr. Janis studied conducting with Joseph Flummerfelt, Frauke Haaseman, Allen Crowell and Maruice Casey, and has served as church choir director for both adult and children’s choirs in New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Washing-ton. From 1994 to 1999 Dr. Janis taught voice at Whitman College and for seven years served as choir director at the First Presbyterian Church in Walla Walla. In addition to teaching voice at Walla Walla University, she currently maintains a private voice studio and directs the choir at St. Silouan Ortho-dox Church in Walla Walla. In 2004 Dr. Janis formed the Walla Walla Chamber Choir, a select choir of 40, to perform special projects with the Walla Walla Symphony. In December 2004 the Chamber Choir debuted with the Sym-phony for their performance of “Mes-siah” by Handel. This is Dr. Janis’ 13th season as Artistic Director/Conductor of the Walla Walla Choral Society.

Kristin Vining’s mother encouraged her to sign up for choir in middle school in Olympia, WA, and she has been accompanying for choirs and vocalists ever since. Kristin currently teaches piano at Whitman College and Walla Walla University, and works in the music department at Walla Walla Community College. She is a graduate of Whitman

College, where she studied French with Mary Anne O’Neil, Patrick Henry, and Dale Cosper, and piano with Leonard Richter. Kristin is an avid composer, particularly inspired to write for her students, friends, and for dancers. She accompanies and composes for Sum-mer Dance Lab, an intensive dance program held at Whitman College.

TOUR DIRECTOR Dr. Christine Janis

CHAUFFEUR Kristin Vining

United States of AmericaThis Land is Your Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W Guthrie

CanadaAlouette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. J Alexander

NorwayWho Can Sail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. J Julseth-Heinrich

RussiaKalinka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. J Gregoryk

Germany (layover -- no tour)Topporzer Kreuzpolka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blue Mountain Deutsches TanzersCarol Ernst, Vanya and Jarod Droke, Anne and Russ Heaton,

Karel and John Smith

EnglandMy Lady Greensleeves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R Quilter

Brenden Koch, tenor

IrelandRiverRince

Elizabeth Fleming, Brianna Gormly, Laura Holford, Erika Horwege,Emma Kilkelly, Elizabeth Peterson, Kate Runkel

MacedoniaCome Sweetheart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. A Srebotnjak

Small Ensemble I

FranceO bal din lou Limouzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Canteloube

Christine Janis, soprano

ItalyO Sole Mio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . di Capua

Sam Derting, tenor

ZambiaBonse Aba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. A Fischer

Audrey Renaud, alto

** Period of R&R to alleviate jet lag **

TRAVEL ITINERARY

IsraelHava Nagila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R Beckhard

Armenia (layover -- no tour)Daronee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Armenian Folk Ensemble Halle Allgood, Kari Arns, Julie Christian, Mary Cleveland, Carla Houchin

IndonesiaSuliram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R DeCormier

Audrey Renaud, Debbie Rood, Cathy Stewart Minseon Song, flute

KoreaAhrirang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R DeCormier

Cindy Maggard, Emily Petty, Elissa Stites Minseon Song, flute

PhilippinesLeron, Leron My Dear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. J Herrington/S Glick

Small ensemble II

JapanSakura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. M Scott

Small ensemble III

AustraliaWaltzing Matilda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional

Steve Janis, tenor

BrazilTutu Maramba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. J Erb

MexicoLas Alazanas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vanessa Alvarado Rivas, Jose Saldaña, Jasmine Llanes, Juan VilleganDe Amor Heridos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R Noble

United States of AmericaWalla Walla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Vining

Karin Thompson, cello; Trudy Ostby, violin; Kristi VonHandorf and Minseon Song, flute

This concert’s posters, program, script and slide show presentation were created and produced by Brenden Koch (bkdesign@charter.net).

Photo credits are posted at wwchoralsociety.org.

TEXT TRANSLATIONSKalinka Juniper, juniper, my juniper, in the gar-den there’s the berry, my raspberry.

Under the pine, under the green pine, lay me down to sleep,ay, Lyuli, Lyuli, ay, Lyuli, Lyuli, lay me down to sleep!

Juniper, juniper, my juniper, in the gar-den there’s the berry, my raspberry.

Oh you dear pine, oh you green pine, don’t you rustle so loud over me,ay, Lyuli, Lyuli, ay, Lyuli, Lyuli, don’t you rustle so loud over me!

Juniper, juniper, my juniper, in the gar-den there’s the berry, my raspberry.

In the garden grows a berry, a rasp-berry, a raspberry of mine!Ah, under the pine, under the green, lay me down to sleep.Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, lay me down to sleep.Ah, little pine tree thou art evergreen, don’t make noise above me.Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, don’t make noise above me.Oh beautiful woman, maiden of my soul, fall in love with me.Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, fall in love with me.

Hava Nagila Let’s rejoice, let’s rejoice and be hap-py! Let’s sing, let’s sing and be happy! Awake, awake, brothers! Awake broth-ers with a happy heart!

Bonse Aba All who sing have the right to be called the children of God.

De Amor Heridos If you want to avoid the tortures of love, do not attempt to court that brunette. Many are hurt by love. I, too, was wounded by this great blissI won’t tell you by whom. With this bit-ter pain, it is best I keep quiet.

Brian Senter currently teaches drama at Walla Walla High School, direcing two plays there each year. He received his MFA from the University of Washington (Profes-sional Actors Training Program). He moved to Walla Walla 11 years ago after working in film/television and stage in Seattle and Los Angeles.

Brian has extensive writing experi-ence as well, and was nominated for an Ovation Award (Los Angeles) for his stage adaptation of “Fathers and Sons,” which was performed by Circle X Theatre Company in 1998. While not teaching and directing, Brian enjoys spending time with his wife and five children.

GUIDE Brian Senter

O Sole Mio What lovely sunshine! What a day of beauty! How calm the air is when a storm is ended! The scene so fair is like a splendid festival. What lovely sunshine! What a day of beauty!But I know sunshine more lovely still from thy dear features. Its bright rays thrill! That sunshine, radiant sunshine, my heart doth fill!

Obal, din lou Limouzi Down there in Limouzi little one, down there in Limouzi, there are lots of pretty girls, ah yes! Young man, no mat-ter how beautiful the girls are in your country, our men in Limouzi can talk much better of love! Down there in Limouzi little one, the young men are gallant. But here in Auvergne the men love you and are faithful!

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Cheri Berg# Dixie Cramer*° Linda DeBolt Susan Fleming Lois Hahn# Cheryl Hair Judy Loposer Cindy Maggard Su Meredith Michelle R. Miller Linda Pearson* Christy Petrie Sonja Pipek# Cathy Stewart* Jeanne Stoddard*° Melissa Webster° Lindsay Winsor°

Audrey Campbell° Emily Canwell Annie Charnley Eveland Lynda Cheney Liz Conover* Karyl Dennis Gwyn Frasco Sherry Goff Donna Holman Susan Johnson° Ginger Johnston Melani Mangum Carolyn McAnlis Katie Melhus Karen Peddicord Emily C. Petty° Audrey J. Renaud Debra Rood* Diane Royce Jean Scheibe# Heather Schermann* Jody Schneidmiller* Ann Skoglund Elissa Stites Sarah Thomas Wilmalu Tomlinson* Gladys Wentland°

Dick Bunnell# Casey Cramer# Deborah Ellis Steve Haynal Chuck Hindman* Steve Janis* Brenden Koch* Victor Merth* Richard Thomas* Vic Walker* Shernie Wilkes

Eric Aeschliman* Warren Berg# Paul Dennis* Andrew Gallagher Roy Holt Jim Johnson John Junke Leo Lapke Lyle Rooff Norman Skeels# Dan Snider* Roydan Tomlinson*

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OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS Artistic Director/Conductor Dr. Christine Janis

Accompanist Kristin ViningLibrarian Terry Koch

OfficersPresident Andrew GallagherVice President Debra RoodSecretary Audrey CampbellTreasurer Nancy Reiff

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